Networking & Content Delivery
Best Practices to Optimize Failover Times for Overlay Tunnels on AWS Direct Connect
Introduction Optimized failover times in hybrid connectivity are critical for meeting availability Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in modern enterprise workloads. This is particularly important when implementing overlay tunnels over Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect, such as AWS Site-to-Site VPN using IPSec tunnels, or Connect Attachments using Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnels. Proper configuration can […]
Streamlining RISE with SAP Connectivity using AWS Cloud WAN
Under RISE with SAP, establishing network connectivity to the RISE with SAP Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) on Amazon Web Services (AWS) is your responsibility. Traditionally, users have relied on AWS Site-to-Site VPN, AWS Direct Connect, Amazon VPC peering, or AWS Transit Gateway to connect their on-premises networks and existing AWS accounts to the […]
Secure internet-based access to SaaS PrivateLink endpoints using AWS Verified Access
Introduction As cloud adoption grows, software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers on AWS are increasingly using Amazon Web Services (AWS) PrivateLink to securely deliver services to their customers. PrivateLink enables seamless, private connectivity between VPCs without exposing applications to the public internet, which makes sure of strong security and consistent network performance. However, what if you want to offer this […]
Accelerate your Cloud Strategy with Megaport’s 25 Gbps Hosted AWS Direct Connect
This post is published in collaboration with Chris Cabel, Senior Director, Global Cloud Solutions at Megaport. As enterprises migrate mission-critical workloads to the cloud, network performance has become a fundamental business requirement. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect provides dedicated network connections between on-premises data centers and AWS. This bypasses the public internet to deliver […]
Best Buy Health’s Resilient Care Centers powered by AWS Cloud WAN and SD-WAN
In the Retail and Healthcare industries, critical connectivity through highly resilient networks are required to serve customers and run operations. Customers in these sectors often need to connect their corporate enterprise networks to stores, contact centers, distribution centers, or in the case of Best Buy Health: customer care contact centers. Best Buy Health provides care […]
Enhancing Pinterest’s organizational security with a DNS firewall: Part 2
This post was authored by Ali Yousefi, Senior Security Software Engineer on the Infrastructure Security Team at Pinterest Introduction In part 1 one of this two-part blog series, we demonstrated how Pinterest gained visibility into DNS traffic originating from its VPCs by enabling Amazon Route 53 Resolver query logs across its Amazon Web Services (AWS) […]
Enhancing Pinterest’s organizational security with a DNS firewall: Part 1
This post was authored by Ali Yousefi, Senior Security Software Engineer on the Infrastructure Security Team at Pinterest Introduction Network security has become an increasingly important focus area in cloud security as more organizations shift to the cloud. Organizations can take an active approach in protecting themselves and their data from various threats by strengthening […]
Using CloudWatch Alarms and Lambda to catch exceptional traffic
Have you ever wondered, “Why did I have this sudden increase in network traffic?” AWS Transit Gateway Flow Logs are a great resource for answering this, but running them continuously can incur processing and storage costs that you don’t need. However, if Flow Logs are run on demand, the traffic anomaly may have already passed […]
Securing hybrid workloads using Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall
Since its launch in 2021, Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall has enabled Amazon Web Services (AWS) users to monitor and control outbound DNS queries originating from their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) resources. Configuring domain filtering rules in Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall helps you mitigate security threats such as data exfiltration through […]
How to manage AI Bots with AWS WAF and enhance security
Introduction The first web crawler was created in 1993 to measure the size of web, and they have now evolved into modern bots powered by agentic AI. Today’s internet is increasingly populated and dominated by automated AI bots that interact with applications to support AI-related tasks. We classified AI bots into three types: AI scrapers, […]